Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
ADOLF GALLANDWhich in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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